Few takers for EMI offer
The second acceptance deadline passed with hardly any EMI Group shareholders accepting the 4.7 billion bucks buyout offer from the Terra Firma private equity...
Broadcasting below presidential radar
Sometimes when you're inside the Beltway, you can't help but think that issues surrounding communications in general and broadcasting in particular are of vital...
Wicks affiliate buys trade pubs
NewBay Media, an affiliate of the Wicks Group of Companies private equity group, has expanded into the broadcasting trade publishing arena, buying IMAS Publishing...
The allure of LUR and the remainder biz
If you put unsold inventory up for auction on the Internet, does that count when you are calculating lowest unit rate (LUR) when charging...
Three added to board
The Broadcasters Foundation of America announced the election of three new members to its board of directors. The new members are Larry Dunn, publisher...
Coverage pattern shot-gunned
Two out of five media agreed: Immigration was the #1 story for the week of 6/24-29/07, and that was enough to put it at...
Tribune vote set for August 21
There's no indication when action may come on required regulatory approvals, but Tribune Company has set a special shareholders meeting for August 21st to...
MySpace founder in Dow Jones bidding
Rupert Murdoch made Brad Greenspan a wealthy man when News Corporation bought EUniverse and its MySpace subsidiary. Now Greenspan wants to challenge Murdoch in...
Talkers demonstrate their independence
You can lead a talker to news, but you can't make him talk about it, would seem to be the lesson from the Project...
Citadel bets on McClatchy
We now know why shares of McClatchy have been shooting up lately. Citadel Investment Group revealed in an SEC filing Friday that it has...
What does Tom Hicks have up his sleeve this time?
He may have retired from Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst (now HM Capital Partners), but Tom Hicks just can't stay away from the big...
Clear Channel deal put on notice
The 452.1M sale of 187 radio stations from Clear Channel to GoodRadio.TV has been put into permit-but-disclose ex parte status by the FCC for...
Clear Channel deal put on notice
The 452.1M sale of 187 radio stations from Clear Channel to GoodRadio.TV has been put into permit-but-disclose ex parte status by the FCC for...
Carat revises US ad spending forecast downward
Carat revised its 2007 U.S. ad spending forecast downward slightly to 5.1% growth. In December, the company had projected a growth rate of 5.2%....
HM buying up yellow pages
HM Capital Partners LLC (formerly Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst), a Dallas-based private equity firm, announced a deal to acquire Phone Directories Company LP,...